Meanings
nounantholatry (uncountable)
- uncountablelifestyleworship of flowers
He thinks he has invariably noticed, that amongst primitive nations, zoolatry has been more in vogue than antholatry.
1838, Moses Mendelssohn, Jerusalem: A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Authority and Judaism (Church and state), DegUAAAAYAAJ1 more example
The present orchido-mania is therefore likely to be a passion of a far more lasting description than the other forms of antholatry which at different periods have swayed the human that is to say the human horticulturist's heart.
1849, Eclectic and Congregational Review, volume 25 (English literature), 9sFKAQAAMAAJ, page 203
Origin
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